Fastener bar



March 16 1926. 1,576,917

H. A. LEE

FASTENER BAR Filed Oct. 29, 1923 v IO @fjg.5.

Al IORNEY WITNESS:

Patented Mar. 16, 1926.

o rs (era the HAROLD A. LEE, or some, FIJI.

' 1 FASTENER BAR.

Application fiIed'OctOber 29, 1323.: Serial No. 671,527.

To aZZ whom it may concern:

lie it known that l, HAROLD ALFRED a British subject, residing at Suva, Fiji, have inventednew and useful Fastener Bars, of which the following is a specificati 11.

My present invention has reference to a fastenin or clamping bar designed to be passed through the eyes of shirt,'vest and other buttons for holding the same on the garment and to permit of the removal of the studs or buttons when the garment is being washed or otherwise cleaned.

An object of this invention is to simiplify and improve the existing art by'producing a fastener bar of this character which shall effectively grip the eye of a button or stud to prevent the accidental disassociation of these parts, and wherein the bar may be readily removed from the eye when desired.

To the attainment of the foregoing, the invention consists in the improvement as hereinafter described and definitely claimec.

In the drawing Figure 1 is a rear elevation of button having its eye engaged by a bar in accord ance with this invention.

Figure 2 is a sectional view on the line 22 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan View of the bar.

Figures 4:, 5, 6 and 7 illustrate modifications.

In the drawing, a stud or button is indicated by the numeral 1, the same being provided with the usual eye 2.

In all of the illustrated forms of my improved fastening bar, the same is constructed from a single piece of resilient but strong wire of a proper gauge. In the forms illustrated inFigures 1, 2 and 3 the bar includes an arm 3 rounded upon itself, as at 1-,, continued at a downward angle toward the bar proper, as at 5, but out of contact therewith. The angle portion has its end bent to provide a hook 6, the beak of the hook having its outer end beveled, as at 7 to provide the same with a pointed end, the said beveled or pointed portion resting against one side of the bar 3. The bar 3 is moved through the eye, and the eye contacting with the angle portion 7 of the hook 6 will move the same away from the bar 3 to permit of the passage of the eye 2, and thereafter the resilient arm 5 of the hook 6 will force its angle end '7 against the bar 3, so that the accidental removal of the button is thus prevented. By exerting a pressure between the body portion or bar 3 of the device and the angle portion b thereof the hook will be brought away from the body 3 so that the same can be slid over the eye of the button.

In Figure l, the bar is indicated by the numeral 8, the same having one of its ends rounded upon itself, as at 9 and directed angularly over the bar 8, as at 10. This angle portion terminates in book 11, and the beak of this hool: is beveled, as at 12 to contact with one side of the bar 8. The method of applying and removing is substantially similar to that previously described, but in this instance, the hook 12 may be moved laterally with respect to the bar 8 to permit of the removal of the eye from the fastening or holding bar.

In Figure 5, the bar proper or body of the fastener indicated by the numeral the same having one of its ends rounded, as at 1%, and extended inwardly into contacting engagement with the bar 13, as indicated by the numeral 15. From the portion 15 the bar is formed with a U-shaped hook 16, the beak of the hook having its outer surface beveled or pointed for contacting engagement with the bar 13.

In Figure 6, the construction is substantially similar to that just described. The

ar 17 is rounded. outwardly upon itself at one of its ends, at 18, the said rounded portion being directed toward the bar proper and continued for a considerable distance in contacting engagement with the said bar as indicated by the numeral 19. The portion 19 terminates in a hook 20 which has its end or beak ieveled or pointed for contacting engagement with the side of the bar against which the portion 19 re ts; in ever? instance the llshaped hook or the fastene are directed ai'igularly with respect to the body portion or bar proper and the outer elements or beaks of the said hooks are arranged at an inward inclination with re spect to the bar proper. The beveled ends of the hooks are retained in contacting engagement with the bar proper by the resiliency exerted thereagainst by the rounded ends of the said bar.

In Figure 7 a further modified form of .iy improvement is shown attached to a badge 21. The longer arm 22 of the fastener is passed through eyes 23 and 2% on the back of the badge 21. The arm 22 has one end 1 in AS in 27 Which is arranged to contact with the upper eye 23 of the badge.

It is believed that the foregoing descrip tion, when taken in connection With the drawnig W111 fully set forth the construction and advantages of the improvements to those skilled in the art to which the invention reates so that vfurther detailed description will not be required.

Having described the invention, I claim A' button or stud fastener formed from a strand of spring \vireto include a straight substantially elongated body portion which has one of its ends rounded and brought to contact with the body and terminates in an outwardly directed U-shaped portion Whose outer arm is beveled to provide a pointed end which is in frictional engagement with the body.

In testimony whereof I my signatnre.

HAROLD A. LEE. 

